Nvidia’s reportedly asking Chinese customers to pay upfront for its H200 AI chips

Nvidia is now requiring its customers in China to pay upfront in full for its H200 AI chips even as approval stateside and from Beijing remains uncertain.

Snowflake announces its intent to buy observability platform Observe

Snowflake is bolstering its data stack to make the platform better suited to the sheer volume of data produced by AI agents.

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will face a jury in March

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said there was evidence suggesting OpenAI’s leaders made assurances that its original nonprofit structure would be maintained. The case will go to trial in March.

Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’

AI adoption in enterprise is stalling as companies don’t know where to start. Vanessa Larco of Premise VC thinks 2026 will be the year of the consumer.

Gmail debuts a personalized AI Inbox, AI Overviews in search, and more

Gmail is also bringing several AI features that were previously available only to paid users to all users.

Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation

Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI.  Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI powering “concierge-like” services. The question is, will legacy consumer products… Continua a leggere VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’

Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized

Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center.

Google Classroom’s new tool uses Gemini to transform lessons into podcast episodes

Google Classroom now offers a Gemini-powered tool that generates podcast-style audio lessons for teachers to deepen engagement with students.

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment

Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia’s physical AI platform.